In 2025, risk management has climbed near the top of the CIO agenda—second only to AI adoption, according to the 2025 State of the CIO report. As global enterprises become more dependent on digital infrastructure, the consequences of network outages, misconfigurations, or security breaches have grown exponentially. CIOs, CISOs, and their teams now face the dual challenge of managing risk while enabling innovation.

As more details of the April ransomware attack on UK retailer Marks and Spencer are made public, we are directly witnessing the cascading repercussions that organizations face when victimized by a well-thought-out and properly executed attack. In the specific case of M&S, the UK retailer is dealing with a supply chain attack, as M&S CEO Stewart Machin confirmed in a published report.

The OWASP Top 10 is a security research project that outlines the ten most critical security risks to web applications. Published by the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP), it serves as a widely recognized benchmark for web application security. The list is compiled from data gathered by security experts and organizations worldwide, based on the prevalence, detectability, and impact of various vulnerabilities.

The IT environment is evolving. Organizations have embraced hybrid work models, expanded their operations and personnel footprints, and digitalized their processes and capabilities. And those in charge of these now sprawling environments must deal with the increasingly complicated task of keeping endpoints, users, and more both operational and secure.

The KnowBe4 Threat Lab has identified an active phishing campaign impersonating Capital One. The attacks are sent from compromised email accounts to help them evade reputation-based detection by native security and secure email gateways (SEGs). Once delivered, the attacks use stylized HTML templates and brand impersonation to trick the recipient into believing the communications are legitimate. Recipients who fall victim are directed to credential-harvesting websites.

Domain Name System (DNS) is a critical Internet service. DNS simplifies the process of finding Internet resources by resolving user-friendly domain names, such as splunk.com, into machine-readable IP addresses like 192.168.1.1. Many sophisticated cyberattacks rely on DNS activities. Let’s review the risks DNS services face and what organizations can do to guard against DNS attacks. We’ll cover the following critical DNS security topics.

Cybersecurity experts are warning that scammers are taking advantage of uncertainty surrounding the U.S. administration’s tariff policies, CNBC reports. Fraudsters may send texts or emails posing as retailers, delivery companies or government agencies, requesting tariff-related payments for purchases and deliveries. James Lee, president of the Identity Theft Resource Center, noted that scammers frequently take advantage of new government policies to launch phishing attacks.

When most people think of cybersecurity breaches, they imagine hackers cracking passwords or exploiting vulnerabilities. In reality, the weakest link in any security program is often the human element.